Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, on Thursday, approved 140 as minimum admissible scores for admissions into universities throughout the country in 2024.
Stakeholders in the education sector o/pegged the minimum benchmark score for admission before its approval by JAMB.
But JAMB Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede explained during the ongoing policy meeting in Abuja that the benchmark score is not the cut-off mark for admissions for all universities.
The various institutions had sent their minimum benchmark scores to JAMB, but Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos; Covenant University, Ogun state, Obafemi Awolowo University, Osun State and the University of Lagos were the only universities that recommended 200 and above.
Oloyede however clarified that JAMB does not set cutoff marks for admissions.
“JAMB does not set cut-off mark. What we have is a minimum benchmark score that any university cannot go below. Different universities have their benchmark scores,” he explained.
